Letter to the editor: Re: “Blame Congress, not the Border Patrol”
The writer, Michael Reagan, reveals his “conservative” prejudice, using the dog-whistle words like “liberal” and “media” and “Democrat” as being to blame for our “border crisis.”
Unfortunately, Mr. Reagan never answers the question, “Why do the illegals come here?” Do you suppose it is because businesses will hire them?
I have been saying for over 40 years, if you don’t want economic illegal immigration, DON’T HIRE THEM.
Blaming Democrats or Republicans for this problem is disingenuous to say the least. It is time to acknowledge the problem, attack it at its source, the employer, and forget walls and border patrol agents and militarization of the border.
In addition, a prosperous, politically stable Latin America would go a long way toward solving our immigration problem.
Jim Little
St. George
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